titubate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (to stagger, totter).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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titubate (third-person singular simple present titubates, present participle titubating, simple past and past participle titubated)

  1. (obsolete) To stagger
  2. (obsolete) To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
  3. To stutter, stammer.
    • 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
      They must let us alone here, we govern ourselves, we are by way of being totally autonomous. (The plethora of t’s there made his tongue titubate, but it was a brave show.)
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Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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titubate

  1. inflection of titubare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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titubate f pl

  1. feminine plural of titubato

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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titubāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of titubō

Spanish

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Verb

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titubate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of titubar combined with te